Essay Scholarship Contest Under VFW Post 5001
VFW Post 5001 announces Warren Sellens Essay Scholarship Contest with a $500 prize. Theme Moral Citizenship for the Year 2000. Forms available in Franklin County senior high schools for students planning college or trade training. Deadline March 3 2000 and essays due April 7. Contact Donald Anderson 6195 Willow Ottawa 242-3094.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Ottawa Memorial Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Warren Sellens
Franklin County
Donald Anderson
Willow
Ottawa
Three Ottawa middle school pages with Gov Graves and Rep Tanner
Three Ottawa Middle School students Andrew Humm India Wilson and Mary Rayson served as pages in the Kansas House of Representatives with Rep Ralph Tanner. Skilton Music Club met Jan 12 at Edith Rader’s home with 26 members and one guest. They heard 17th century pieces arranged by Byron Jensen with Jim Tarrant on piano and other performers. The Oasis Club met Jan 25 at Westminster Presbyterian Church for a pot luck with 19 members and one guest. Rev. Stockton led devotions and guitar songs, a door prize was won, and the group planned a Lifeline talk and a Valentine theme for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Middle School
Bill Graves
Kansas House of Representatives
Ralph Tanner
Andrew Humm
India Wilson
Mary Rayson
Skilton
Skilton Music Club
Edith Rader
Byron Jensen
Jim Tarrant
David Ludwick
Bill Butler
Tarrant
Stanley
Alice Jo DeFries
Oasis Club
Fellowship Hall
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lillian Partis
Francis Stockton
Trinity Methodist Church
Cliff Burke
Maxine Griffin
Stockton
Jenny McMilten
Ransom Memorial Hospital Health Department
Eudora and De Soto newspapers sold to World Co
The Eudora News and De Soto papers have been sold to The World Co., publisher of the Lawrence Journal World. The World Co. takes over February 25, with Bert and Vickie Hull noting 1989 and 1998 launch dates for the Eudora and De Soto papers and Dan J. Simon named publisher for both papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora News
DeSoto Explorer
the World Co
Lawrence Journal World
Bert
Vickie Hull
the News
Eudora
DeSoto
Hulls
Bert Hull
Dan J. Simon
Simon
Daily Kansan
University of Kansas
Suspect Carr faces multiple charges after police chase
Carr rammed a police car twice while eluding officers and was charged by the Franklin County attorney with aggravated battery on a police officer aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and four felonies plus two misdemeanors. Bond set at 50000. he remains jailed. A Wendy's drive through visit preceded the incident. Another man, Paul Dean Salyer, 31, Clinton Missouri, was captured after a foot chase following a vehicle pursuit. He faces charges including driving on a suspended license resisting arrest and drug offenses. he is jailed on 2500 bond.
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Carr
Franklin County Attorney's Office
Edwin Smith
Smith
Franklin County
Ecoho Lodge
Wendy’s
Kansas
Paul Dean Salyer
Clinton
Tennessee Road
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Salyer
Dying boy sees mountains in a dream flight
Michael McMahon, a 10 year old with an inoperable brain tumor, takes a mountain sighting flight courtesy of Angel Flight Central, soaring above Kansas as his mother and family cope with prognosis. The tale traces his dream to climb real peaks and reconnect with his father, now jailed, while gifts from Hillary Clinton and the Army bolster his spirits.
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Leavenworth
Michael McMahon
Michael
Terri
Kansas
Angel Flight Central
Compassion
Children’s Mercy Hospital
The
Elves of Christmas
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Buddy
Air Force
M&M’s
U.S. Army
Sheri Johnson
McMahon
Lance
April
Nicole
Oz Image Persists in Kansas A Century On
Kansas marks 139 years while Oz remains a defining symbol from Baum’s 1900 book to the beloved film. Tourism officials tout Land of Oz during visits, with Liberal recreating the Yellow Brick Road and Dorothy’s world. Critics note the image is fictional yet enduringly tied to Kansas identity and controversy.
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Wichita
Dorothy
Toto
Kansas
Frank Baum
Claudia Larkin
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Travel & Tourism
Dorothy Gale
Land of Oz
Ergs Jay Gould
Harvard
New York University
Time Magazine
Kansas Board of Education
Bill Kurtis
Kansan
A&e TV
Flint Hills
Union
Ottawa Hospital Notes and Sheriff's Reports Summary
Ottawa area hospital admissions include Carmen Grimm Pam Crable and Alice Kaiser with dismissals for Grimm and Dorothy Crooks. Births reported to Audrey and John Schuster. Sheriff's notes include arrests Jeremy E. Connor and several incidents such as a runaway, DUI suspicions, theft and battery reports, plus various ambulance calls and fire calls at local businesses. More details list names ages and addresses tied to incidents and responses.
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Carmen Grimm
Pam Crable
Alice Kaiser
Ottawa
Dorothy Crooks
Ason
Audrey
John Schuster
Parker
Sheriff
Jeremy E. Connor
Waverly
South Main
Shannon Johnson
Greeley
Central Heights
Ellis Road
Tulsa
Moin
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Bulletin Board
Ottawa Masonic Temple
S. Main
Michigan Valley Church
Michigan Valley Community Church
Men’s Fellowship
Pomona Lake Dam
U.S. 56
Overbrook
Wal-Mart
McDonald's
A.S
Atwell
Archie Atwell
Dixon
Rock Creek Holiness Association
Raymond Sundstrom
DeSoto Newspapers
Jamison
Daily Report
Police News
Brandi N. Vietze
Pecan
North Main
Gregory Shane Perez
Third
Main
Gina Renee Converse
Liberty
Converse
Ottawa Co-op
N. Main
Red Jacket
East Wilson
South Mulberry
Lass
15Th
Hickory
Phyllis J. Carpenter
Nevada Road
Princeton Circle Drive
GMC
Robert Adcock
Casey's
Ransom Memorial Hospital
AMBUK
North Center Avenue
Williamsburg
Stafford Terrace
South Cedar
Wednes
North
Pan
Finney Road
Nevada
11Th
Cedar
West Third
Ottawa Retirement Village
W. 15Th
East Seventh
Wellsville
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